I see and hear a lot of district leaders and district leader organizations supporting HB 400 which does the following:
1) Raising the 22-1 class size cap for grades K-4 to 25-1.
2) Eliminating the requirement that districts cannot pay teachers less next year than they earned this year. It also would eliminate the state minimum salary schedule, letting school districts set their own compensation systems with their own rules.
3) Allowing school boards to furlough teachers and reduce their salaries accordingly.
4) Changing the date for notice of non-renewal of a teacher’s contract from the current 45th day before the end of instruction to the last day of instruction.
5) Allowing a district to declare a financial emergency at any time for purposes of doing a
I am often critical of this President and his administration, most notably on educational policy.
But I also believe in giving credit where it is deserved.
My immediate reaction a week ago is that he and his administration did a remarkable job of keeping the operation against Bin Laden closely held. Here I cannot help but remember someone in the Bush administration who bragged - I think it was to the Wall Street Journal - that they could track Bin Laden by his satellite phone, which of course was then promptly turned off.
Obama knew there were risks, considered them, gave people on his team a chance to express them and thereby improve the overall plan.
When Steve Croft tried to push him in particular directions, he was able to respond in a way that demonstrated considered judgment, a reasonableness of temperament that one would want in a leader making critical decisions. He also did not find it necessary to
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When I first heard the song, I couldn’t fully grasp their situation. I knew as much about 2Pac’s life as MTV would reveal. To the general media, he was a chart-topping, record-selling, reckless, Black thug with way too much money on his hands and too much celebrity. I didn’t know much about Dionne Warwick nor C. Dolores Tucker. I
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Posted on May 8, 2011 by Dr. Ed Fuller
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